Missoula, MT · Public
95.9%
Acceptance rate
1,190
SAT Average
$17,118
Avg net price
7,079
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Associate’s 318Bachelor’s 1,241Master’s 576Doctoral 546 |
| Associate’s 5Bachelor’s 182Master’s 117Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 172Master’s 33Doctoral 9 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 133Master’s 17Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 123Master’s 30Doctoral 1 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 120Master’s 12Doctoral 12 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 107Master’s 11Doctoral 8 |
| Associate’s 13Bachelor’s 70Master’s 2Doctoral 2 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 51Master’s 150Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 48Master’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 47Master’s 81Doctoral 18 |
| Associate’s 102Bachelor’s 45Master’s 67Doctoral 410 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 43Master’s 21Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 30Master’s 4Doctoral 1 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 24Master’s 4Doctoral 2 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 13Master’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 13Master’s 0Doctoral 0 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 10Master’s 10Doctoral 1 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 4Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 0Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 158Bachelor’s 0Master’s 0Doctoral 1 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 0Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 0Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral 81 |
| Associate’s 13Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 12Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 9Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 6Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
University of Montana
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big Sky Conference
Projected sponsored sports15
Athletic participation
373 unique student-athletes · 11 varsity teams
Early Action
Regular Decision
Rolling admission
FAFSA due Dec 1
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $5,964
- Required fees
- $2,588
- Food and housing
- $12,804
- Books and supplies
- $2,650
- Other expenses
- $4,832
- Total
- $28,838
- $21,6682019–2019–20
- $22,2762020–2120–21
- $23,0362021–2221–22
- $25,3592022–2322–23
- $25,2282023–2423–24
- $28,8382024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $17,118 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2024–25
- First-years with need-based aid
- 54%
- Average share of need met
- 50%
- Average need-based grant
- $5,760
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from The University of Montana’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
The University of Montana admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in The University of Montana's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. The University of Montana withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,507 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
10% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
45% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
The University of Montana’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 95% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 51% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
Average 3.41
High-school class rank
Among the 51% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
The University of Montana rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Interview
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
The University of Montana leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
The University of Montana's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $17,118 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 838 of 1,561 first-years in the 2024–25 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, The University of Montana offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed76% of The University of Montana’s first-years return for a second year and 45.4% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03